'Swift resolution'

"I cannot tolerate any child experiencing a poor quality of education in any state funded school and am therefore determined to ensure there is a swift resolution.

"I have decided that the needs of the pupils at Al-Madinah school would be best served by bringing in a more experienced trust with the skills and capability required to deliver the improvements needed.

"The Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust has a track record of providing high quality education to children from a Muslim background and I have no doubt they will apply this expertise at Al-Madinah."

The new trust's Chief Executive Barry Day said: "If we sense that all we are going to get is resistance to everything that we try and do there - we will have to sit back and think about whether this is a project is actually winnable - but I don't believe that is going to happen.

"My job is to go in and talk to people and convince them that ... we are have their best interests at heart. We will give it our best shot."

Ms Parveen issued a statement in response to Lord Nash's letter, in which she said: "The trust will ensure that the transition of Al-Madinah is smooth and the ethos of the faith designated school remains secure.

"We acknowledge the positive input to allow or children to progress and have an academic success and a positive future."

Al-Madinah: The story so far

September 2012: Al-Madinah school opens

August 2013: The Education Funding Agency confirms it is investigating alleged financial irregularities at the school

September: The school faces allegations it is imposing strict Islamic practices

October 7: The school reopens almost a week after it was closed during an Ofsted inspection over "health and safety concerns"

October 8: Education Minister Lord Nash lays out 17 concerns about the school and says it will close unless "unacceptable" teaching standards improve

Oct 14: The school amends its policy to make clear women do not have to wear head scarves

October 17: The school is described by Ofsted inspectors as "dysfunctional"

Oct 25: Muslim community leaders in Derby call for the school governors to resign

Nov 22: Lord Nash announces a new education trust will be brought in

Earlier, a statement on the school's website said the governors would not be stepping down and would work with the Department for Education (DfE) over the future of the school.